Hipolito Yrigoyen

Hipolito Yrigoyen (12 July 1852-3 July 1933) was President of Argentina from 12 October 1916 to 11 October 1922 (succeeding Victorino de la Plaza and preceding Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear) and from 12 October 1928 to 6 September 1930 (succeeding Torcuato de Alvear and preceding Jose Felix Uriburu).

Biography
Hipolito Yrigoyen was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1852, and he co-founded the Radical Civic Union in 1891. Under his leadership, the UCR emerged as the principal representative of the Argentinian middle classes from 1893, and he presided over the party's heyday from 1916 to 1930. As President he violently represed riots in 1918-19 caused by the economic recession and inflation that hit Argentina as part of a worldwide recession. The 1920s were marked by relative calm. From 1929 onwards Argentina was effected by the Great Depression, though it did not suffer as much as other economies. He was ousted by a military coup of officers deeply suspicious of democracy, and he died in 1933 at the age of 80.